Arthroteles

Arthroteles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Arthroteles
Bezzi, 1926
Type species
Arthroteles bombyliiformis
Bezzi, 1926

Arthroteles is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of Arthroteles are moderately sized, from 5 to 7.5 mm. They are gray to dark gray in colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others.

They are only known from South Africa.

Species

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bezzi, M. (1926). "South African Rhagionidae (Diptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 297–324. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
  3. 1 2 Stuckenberg, B.R. (1956). "Notes on the genus Arthroteles Bezzi, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Errinidae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 13: 313–335.
  4. ↑ Nagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1990). "A new Arthroteles from South Africa (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". South Pacific Study. 10: 309–316.